Around South County: Deale Bluegrass: Finger-pickin' good

Bluegrass music may have its origins in the Depression-era South, but in Deale on Saturday it was a fresh and lively sound.

Organizers of the Deale Bluegrass Festival estimated that about 1,200 people came to Herrington Harbour North on Saturday to hear the five bands, see the car show, eat a little, drink a little and generally have a good time.

The bands included The Good Deale Bluegrass, The Country Gentlemen, Patuxent Partners, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, and The Grascals.

Traditional bluegrass bands are usually made up of an acoustic guitar, an upright bass, a banjo, a mandolin and sometimes a violin or...